Educational device



March 17. 1925. 1,530,418

J. F. SAYLOR EDUCATIONAL DEVI CE Filed Jan. 28, 1922 i field ofyvis-ion,l

' est studies or rPatented Mar. 17, 1925.` y

JOHN 'F'. Sarnen,l ,or inns ivroinns,y n IOWA.

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Application filed Janua'mr 28, 1922. Serial 110,532,417. i

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known t-liat I, JOHN y citizen of the United States, and aresident of Des Moines, in the county of Polli and State of Iowa, haveinvented ,a certainl new and useful Educational Device, of which thefollowing is a specification. I My invention relates primarily to anapparatus or device for `teaching spelling, but broadly it relates totheteaching of any subject matter that-.lends itself to memory drillexercises.

The primary object of the doV away with the spelling with the old longburdensome lists of meaningless words and the old-time interestkillingmethods, and vintheir piace put a mechanical device equippedA withlimited lists of words more vimmediately suited to the childsA age andgrade, and atlthe same time pro-vide a device, whichwill enlist andinvention is `'to call toits aid, the maximum number of the,

childs instinctive and tho-iight interests.

` More particularly,

tion, words can be madey visible at one time, whereby other words may beleft out of the whennot desired for immediate study, and also to provide"further means, whereby 'certain related word-interlessons may be placedin suitable position y ble spelling words, so as to be studied inconnection therewith. n y 1 My device has a number of certain definiteand fundamental ob] advantages over the old-spelling book sys- Alimited, graded listo'f familiar;l words adapted to'each half or wholeyear period as desired, is printed on a long scroll and placed in ametal container and is arranged to be properly manipulated by.l thechild'. The scrolls are not handledby the child. The metal container canbe washed and disinfected'. It will thus give amaximum of n y deviceembodying-my invention.

hygienic protection. The limited'l use of thepaper and the savingof wearand tear on paper binding and coveringiof ay spelling book and thedurability. of my device gives a maximum of econoni Also a decidedeconomy of the childs time is effected F. USAYLOR, a

it is my object to provide adevice of the kind under considerawhereby aword orI a limited number cwith relation to the 'vis-i-v ective andsubjective i. by leading tok proper ymethods vand attitudes i Iof study.

Further the saine mechanical vstructure lends itself to'` a lnumber ofsubjective ad-l vanta'ges. v The effective memorizing of the pworddepends onpromoting and conserving interest and attention. l planned tovthis end. The word-interest les- ,sons are intended tok attach the storycontent The "device is and linterest to any single word or Lany group ofwordssliown on the spelling device that may be desired. The observationan'd'study of one word at a time avoids the distraction and dividedinterest and attentionwhich several words would occasion.

The device calls into play the thoughtconstructive and the instinctivevmanipulative activitiesof the child. The turning of each word into"view or lreversingthem for reviews,` lor againv vbringing the lessonsall into sight through the sightopenings 33, again turning" aword-interest lesson'into view, so as to combinewith thejpro'perspelling lesson, all conspire to vgive thelargest `'measure ofconstructive 'activityleadingto interest. n f

The encouragement o-f constructive activity is still. further carriedout'by the use of a specially ydevised tablet `hereinafter morev fullyexplained.

yA specially devised ,tablet goes with and promotes the proper vuse ofthe spelling device. It leads the child to sit at his desk in writingposition with the spelling device on the desk in front of him. lTheuse'of the tablet leads to a definite plan offstudy'associated with adefinite use .ofthe spelling device. Its. use too,l leads to furthercoordi- Vnated manipulation of` purposeful activities,

The two devices working together seeks to 'build into the childslifethe4 maximum of effective orderly kspelling habits.' j

Further objects and vadvantages ofmy in-vr vention will appear inconnection with the following description and explanation.`

In the accompanyingdrawings- Figurel shows =a..t`op or. plan vi Figure 4shows a topv or plan'view of the ew of the CAD CII

`front to rear as indicated at 16 in Figure 2.

At the upper edge of the rear wall: 1l is a portion 17 bent over to forma guide for the removable top plate hereinafter described.

Secured to the end members 12 are bai-sor the like 18. The bars 18 and.partition 1.6. are provided. withholes 19 to form bearings for' shafts,which will be hereinafter referred to.

It will be noted. that the partition 16 divides the casingl intorightand left compartments.

Mounted in the left-hand compartment is a shaft 19l on which :is rolleda portion of. a strip 2O of cloth or suitable paper or the like, whichis extended from. the shaft 19""L over the cover member 13, and aroundthe forward. end. of the same and thence over a. Similar shaft 21- alsojouriialed in they partition. 16 andthe member 18 and the left-handmember' 12.

Un the outer ends of the shafts 19a and 21 are readily removable headsy22 and 23 which may be slipped onto their shafts and held by frictionalengagement.

In the right-hand compartment, spaced shafts 24 and 25 are journaledinthe members 16 and 18 and the end. member 12; @n the shafts `24 and25, outside the casing are heads 24a and 25f.

On the shaft 2A: is mounted a strip 26, which is extended over themember 153 and is then wound on the shaft 25.

It may be mentioned in this commotion that at its lower end, the covermember 13 has projecting portions 27, 28 and. 2f), and that the rearwall member 1.1 hasl at its left-- hand end, and its central part, guidestrips 30 and 31 spaced above'the member 13.

A movable cover plate 32 is designed to be slipped under the strips 30and' 31' and. to engage the members 27 and 28 to be held. slightlyspaced above the iexible strip 20.

The cover plate 32 has near its` rearward portion laterally spaced sightopenings 3S, which are substantially square and ofthe size to' expose acertain number of words, as for instance, live, through eacli opening.

lt is understood that words for spellingl lessons are printed.V orotherwise displayed on the strip 20.

N ear the forward part of the cover plate 232 are two laterally aligned,relatively narploy class' during a period of a half year. or a wholeyear orfor any other period, as`

may be desired.

The word-interest lessons on the strip' 26 and the. lessons on the"strip 20" are designed to be arranged. sotliat the stripsinay be movedeither independently: or simultaneouslyy in order, for example,tozbringinto sight the word-interest lesson which is apfpropriat'etoand. coordinates with the spell.d

ing lesson visible through the openings 3:3'

The stripf 2O is advanced or moved back by means ofthe heads 22 and 23,when turned, bring the desired words into the field of vision into slots33. and 34,v and in like manner, the operating of the heads 24:a and 25aalsomoves the strip 2GA so as toV bring the desired correspondingword-in.-V

terest77 lessons into sight.

lWhen the word' is properly studied,- it passes out of sight and a. newword comes into the field' of vision. A; specially prepared andcoordinated recitation and. study tablet accompanies theV device. In.prepariing his lesson, the child observes carefully the new word. in thefield of vision andi writes it as many times as necessary onv histablet. Then' in addition, the tablet Calls for a writing of. the newword accompanied by the previous word, which. has been iemoved fromsight. TV ith each` new. word, the child `will accompany it on histablet with a review or reproduction ilfrom-memory of the previousi-voids.

In this way, the child is forced to iiitensively exercise memory anddirect observation conjointly.

From start to' finish, the work is constructive andl therefore interestcompelling ini its nature. Y

It' not only encourages, but requires cor.` reet posture during eitherthe study ori recitation periods( Correct position is-fundamental tointerested work. Both the device and tablet must be placed on the deskwith the pupil in a writing position.

Some changes may be made in the arrangement and construction of thevarious partsof my device, whereby the objeetscontemplated are attained,without departing from the essentiall features and purposesof which,

my invention, by my claims, any modified forms of structure or use ofmechanical equivalents, which may be reasonably' included Within theirscope.

l claim as my invention: l. An educational device adapted fori use bypupils on their desks nfor study purposes, comprising a casing havingl arear Wall, a bottom and side walls, a top member orsaid y casingterminating short of the rear Wall planatoryy matter on the otherexhibitor,

and curved to 'form a front Wall for the casing, the. loiver part ofsaid curved portion being` spaced above the bottom, laterally spacedpairs of rollers, exhibitors on there'- spective pairs of rollers havingdrill lessons' on the one and Word-illustrating and exsaid exhibitorsbeing extended, over said cover and between the rollers of 'therespecand it is ymy intention to cover tive pairs, a removable coverabove one of said exhibitors spaced above said lirst cove-r,

provided with sight openings.

. 2. An educational device" comprising a` casing of size and shape forconvenient use and manipulation by a child, exhibitor elementsvmovably., and removably arranged therein 1n a substantially horizontalplane, havingl thereonrespectively a graded series of spell-ing lessonsanda series of co-ordinating ,word interest lessons, a removableysupport underlying stretches of the exhibi# Jol-vini r. sAYLoR.

